Social business maturity and digital transformation
Social enterprise — communication, collaboration, and knowledge sharing across business silos and departmental boundaries — is a core part of digital business transformation initiatives. Research from IDC sheds light on this topic.

Roundup Of Analytics, Big Data & Business Intelligence Forecasts And Market Estimates, 2014
From manufacturers looking to gain greater insights into streamlining production, reducing time-to-market and increasing product quality to financial services firms seeking to upsell clients, analytics is now essential for any business looking to stay competitive. Marketing is going through its own transformation, away from traditional tactics to analytics- and data-driven strategies that deliver measurable results. Analytics and […]

Vindicated by SaaS
<Shameless chest-thumping below. You’ve been warned.> In 2008 I said: I am a strong believer that in 4-5 years most software developed will be SaaS, and that in 10 years it will be the predominant method of “consuming” software by large enterprises. Today IDC says (as cited by Joe McKendrick @ ZDNet): By 2012, IDC […]